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Jardin
A coffee town in southwest Antioquia with a plaza of hand-painted wooden chairs and balconies, reached by a cable car over the valley and surrounded by cock-of-the-rock reserves.
40 km · about 45 min drive
South AmericaColombiaCaldas Department
Aguadas
Caldas Department, Colombia · South America
About Aguadas
Aguadas sits on the route: 20 minutes from Pácora, 40km from Jardin.
Aguadas is in Caldas Department, Colombia, with about 21,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Pácora, about 9 km away.
Aguadas is a town and municipality in the Colombian department of Caldas. It is bordered to the north by Abejorral, to the east by Sonsón, to the southeast by Salamina, to the south by Pacora, to the west by Caramanta and Valparaiso, and to the northwest by La Pintada. The municipality of Aguadas, located in theRead more
northern part of the department, was founded in 1808 by José Narciso Estrada. In addition to the fame of Aguadeño hats (sombrero aguadeño), which are very similar to palm-straw Panama hats (also known as iraca in Colombia). Aguadas offers visitors its historic center, which was declared a national monument in 1982. It has a temperate climate thanks to the variety of climates ranging from warm to moor.
Another of its main attractions is the National Festival of the Colombian Pasillo (Festival Nacional del Pasillo Colombiano), an annual event that has earned recognition for Aguadas as the capital of the Colombian Pasillo.
Located along the Colombian coffee growing axis, the historic center of Aguadas was made part of the "Coffee Cultural Landscape" UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2011.
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Within an hour or so of Aguadas: Jardin (40 km).
Where is Aguadas?
Aguadas is in Caldas Department, Colombia, about 9 km from Pácora.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 20,712
- Continent
- South America
- Country
- Colombia
- Region
- Caldas Department
- Timezone
- America/Bogota
- Coordinates
- 5.6116, -75.4562
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Tropical latitude: plan around the wet season rather than temperature.
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